WWF - Relevant Research to Inform Development to Outcomes
- imogenwest98
- Feb 23, 2021
- 1 min read
- Orangutans spend nearly their entire lives in trees
- Orangutans extremely low reproduction rate makes their populations highly vulnerable - Females give birth to one baby every 3-5 years - Mothers stay with their young for up to 8 years
- Young orangutans are at risk of being sold through pet trade
- Fruit makes up 60% of their diet - as well as insects, leaves and tree bark
- Orangutans are an easy target for hunters because they are large and slow
- Largest toilet paper company in the US, PASEO, make their toilet paper from fibres supplied by Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) - APP has pulped 5 million acres of Sumatran rainforests - More than half of the rainforests have been lost since 1985 - Deforestation is a huge contribution to CO2 emissions - Indonesia is ranked 3rd worst in the world for carbon emissions
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